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Indigenous Peoples Fight Climate Change
After wildfires, Belize's indigenous people rebuild stronger based on "se’ komonil": reciprocity, solidarity, gender equity, togetherness and community.Palm Oil Detectives
After wildfires, Belize's indigenous people rebuild stronger based on "se’ komonil": reciprocity, solidarity, gender equity, togetherness and community.Palm Oil Detectives
Indigenous land defender Lia Yewen speaks to Maxine Betteridge-Moes about living under the shadow of Indonesia’s occupation of West Papua.New Internationalist
Cameroon has lost nearly 783,000 hectares of forest since 2020, with a significant share of the losses occurring in cocoa-producing areas, accordingBusiness in Cameroon
Indigenous land defender Lia Yewen speaks to Maxine Betteridge-Moes about living under the shadow of Indonesia’s occupation of West Papua.New Internationalist
The Congo River basin is one of the planet’s most biodiverse ecosystems. But it is also home to a growing population and relentless trade in timber and charcoalHugh Kinsella Cunningham (The Guardian)
Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans’ cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weavingPalm Oil Detectives
In the wake of horrific #wildfires in #Belize and #Mexico caused by #climatechange, #indigenous #Maya are rebuilding using the notion of se’ komonil: reciprocity #community and solidarity. #indigenousrights #landrights #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetect.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy youtu.be/ok787HRp_gA
In the wake of horrific #wildfires in #Belize and #Mexico caused by #climatechange, #indigenous #Maya are rebuilding using the notion of se’ komonil: reciprocity #community and solidarity. #indigenousrights #landrights #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-924?utm_source=ma…
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After wildfires, Belize’s indigenous people rebuild stronger based on “se’ komonil”: reciprocity, solidarity, gender equity, togetherness and community.Palm Oil Detectives
After wildfires, Belize’s indigenous people rebuild stronger based on “se’ komonil”: reciprocity, solidarity, gender equity, togetherness and community.Palm Oil Detectives
Campaigners speak out on the need to hold UK companies to account for abuses.The Ecologist
Conservation is often framed as a scientific or technical challenge — a matter of policies, protected areas and enforcement. But that lens has led conservation astray. Around the world, biodiversity continues to decline.Erik Hoffner (Mongabay)
Challenge a dangerous colonial myth that West Papua is an ’empty land’. This only serves the colonial domination of Indonesia not ancient tribes living there!Palm Oil Detectives
Indonesian palm oil workers expose industry practices that mirror colonial exploitation: land grabbing, bad conditions, ecocide. Systemic change is needed!Palm Oil Detectives
Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans’ cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weavingPalm Oil Detectives
In the Aguán Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporatio…Palm Oil Detectives
Challenge a dangerous colonial myth that West Papua is an ’empty land’. This only serves the colonial domination of Indonesia not ancient tribes living there!Palm Oil Detectives
In 2025, Rainforest Action Network and our allies secured a significant breakthrough with Procter & Gamble (P&G), one of the world’s most powerful consumer goods companies. After years of dragging...Rainforest Action Network
By DayakDaily Team KUCHING, Oct 30: Indigenous communities in Belaga have secured significant victory in their ongoing struggle to protect their ancestral lands after a plantation company has agree…DayakDaily
São Paulo, Brazil – As world leaders will soon convene in Brazil for COP30, a new report from the Forests & Finance Coalition reveals that finance for sectors driving tropical...Rainforest Action Network
Julie Wark on #WestPapua
Currently a critical situation in Paniai Region where the #Indonesian military have displaced large numbers of refugees.
"Indigenous peoples have been displaced from more than a million hectares of cleared rainforest to make way for transmigrants. Forest dwellers have been expelled to malaria-infested lower altitudes. Their rights are annulled by law."
#Indigenous #Indigenousrights
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As in Palestine, much of the displacement in West Papua is caused by settlers, but this time funded by the World Bank.Julie Wark (CounterPunch.org)
"Indigenous peoples in Brazil are widely regarded as land protectors, and a new study of the Atlantic Forest confirms it."
“If we want to save the forest, we need the government to officially recognize that this is our land.”
#IndigenousPeoples #LandRights #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Rainforest #Forest #IndigenousRights #FoodSovereignty
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The Guarani Mbya people are working to restore the once-vast Atlantic Forest, which has been largely lost to development.Yale E360